INDUSTRIAL

HERITAGE
RE-TOOLED
The TICCIH guide to
Industrial Heritage Conservation

edited by
James Douet

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 TICCIH – The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage – is
the international organisation for industrial archaeology and the industrial heritage.
Its aim is to study, protect, conserve and explain the remains of industrialisation.
For further information and how to join, see www.ticcih.org

Industrial Heritage Re-tooled: The TICCIH guide to Industrial Heritage Conservation

Text copyright © individual authors, 2012

The moral rights of the respective authors have been asserted by them
in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

First edition published in 2012

in association with
The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH)
by Carnegie Publishing Ltd
Carnegie House
Chatsworth Road, Lancaster LA1 4SL
www.carnegiepublishing.com

ISBN 978-1-85936-218-1

All rights reserved

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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Designed, typeset and originated by Carnegie Publishing

Printed and bound

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 Contents
List of contributors vii

Introduction  James Douet 1

Part I  Values and meanings

1 Why preserve the industrial heritage?  Neil Cossons 6
2 What does the Industrial Revolution signify?  Helmuth Albrecht 17
3 Industrial archaeology: a discipline?  Barrie Trinder 24
4 The heritage of the industrial society  Louis Bergeron 31

Part II  Understanding the evidence

5 Industrial archaeology  Patrick Martin 40
6 Identifying industrial landscapes  Iain Stuart 48
7 Recording and documentation  Miles Oglethorpe and Miriam McDonald 55
8 Process recording  Gustav Rossnes 63
9 Industrial archives and company records  Belem Oviedo Gámez 70
10 Photography and image resources  Jan af Geijerstam 77

Part III  Realising the potential

11 Choosing what to preserve  Paul Smith 86
12 Legal protection  Keith Falconer 94
13 Urban regeneration and planning  Massimo Preite 101
14 Adaptive re-use  Benjamin Fragner 110
15 Financial and fiscal incentives  Bode Morin 118
16 Heritage at risk surveys  Jaime Migone 125

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 17 Conservation plans  Helen Lardner 129
18 Adaptive re-use and embodied energy  Mark Watson 136
19 Post-industrial landscapes  Norbert Tempel 142
20 Industrial ruins  Masaaki Okada 149
21 Conservation and community consciousness  Hsiao-Wei Lin 155
22 Industrial Heritage and the World Heritage Convention  Peter Stott 161
23 World Heritage, concepts and criteria  Michel Cotte 167
24 Thematic World Heritage Studies  Stephen Hughes 174

Part IV  Sharing and enjoying

25 Industrial museums  Massimo Negri 182
26 Care of industrial and technical collections  Johannes Großewinkelmann 188
27 Conserving industrial artefacts  Eusebi Casanelles and James Douet 195
28 Industrial heritage tourism  Wolfgang Ebert 201

Part V  Teaching and learning

29 Teaching in schools  Gràcia Dorel-Ferré 208
30 University training  Györgyi Németh 211
31 Distance and on-line learning  Tuija Mikkonen 216

Part VI  TICCIH

32 The work of TICCIH  Stuart B. Smith 222
33 TICCIH’s Charter for Industrial Heritage  Eusebi Casanelles 228

Appendix: The Nizhny Tagil Charter for the Industrial Heritage 233

Index 239

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